Sunday, June 30, 2013
I have this lovely new aster die, so I want to keep making pretty cards with it. The first one was a masked background, overstamped with Brilliance Twilight, which gives the card a sparkly hue. I then added distress ink while the flower was still in the die to give the two toned effect. The second card was personalised for a wedding, and used a lot of die cut hearts, and two large jump rings from my jewellery stash for the wedding rings.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Oh dear! How did they get on my blog?! A little story about these pretty beasties. My granddaughter Amelie, who is eight and INCREDIBLY talented and beautiful, wanted a spider made for an animal diorama she was making. Of course, after making one for her, I then had to make one for all the grandchildren; we Nannies are not allowed to have favorites are we? The boys loved the black ones, but Hollie (3) wanted a pink one. And why ever not? It didn't stop there either. I ended up making them for people to hang in their offices and studies. I have one hanging above my PC. Dangling on invisible thread, they are surprisingly realistic. Slighty creepy.....
This was meant to be a quick make, to congratulate my Grand neice Rya on passing her driving test. I had a lovely little freebie stamp from Craft Stamper magazine, which I then clear embossed after stamping in jet black. I then dug out some little letters and mounted them on raised foam pads. Isn't it funny how the simplest cards sometimes appeal the most? I was really pleased with the result. Sometimes I can spend hours on a card, and make it too fussy. That's why I rather like the one-layer cards that are so fashionable at the moment. It's hard to over-cook them!
This is why I cannot throw anything away! Using a discarded pizza cardboard base, and an old serviette, I made a thank you gift for a friend who allowed us to spend a wonderful weekend in their cottage by the sea. I painted the base with gesso, then distressed the edges. The tissue was stuck using Mod Podge.
I decided to have an afternoon of colouring, taking me back to my childhood! Using a sheet of A4 paper, and Chocolate Baroques Large Flowers, I stamped and masked the whole sheet in various shades of Distress Inks. Using a tile, I then picked up the colours with a water brush and filled in the stamped images.
Once I had finished my masterboard, I then selected various images from this, and made up a selection of cards. Not a scrap was wasted! the tiny thin sliver left was added to another card at a later date.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)